12 Fun Ways To Recycle Plastic Bottles

What can you do with all those soda bottles? Try to recycle plastic bottles! We present you twelve fun ways to do this!

Plastic bottles continue to have a strong impact on our environment. It takes a very long time for them to dissolve. But that’s not all. They also have an effect on our natural resources. A first step to reduce the waste mountain could be to recycle plastic bottles.

As a result of rising awareness, industries have already been forced to change the materials they manufacture with. But plastic continues to pose a problem for the environment.

For that reason, many are looking for creative ways to recycle plastic bottles. In this way they prevent all those bottles from ending up in the landfill or from affecting the habitat of hundreds of species of flora and fauna.

These ideas have spread to many parts of the world. It is an eco-friendly trend that involves people of all ages, even children.

In this article, we’ll introduce you to 12 ways to recycle plastic bottles. You may now think twice before tossing the bottles in the trash.

Here we go!

Ways to recycle plastic bottles

1. Curtain

Have you ever noticed that the bottom of some bottles is shaped like a flower? Well, it’s time to get creative. Make a cute curtain for your garden.

Carefully cut the bottom out of the bottle so you don’t damage the shape. Then hang the bottles with a sturdy rope or fishing line.

2. A Pet Feeder

Use one or two plastic bottles for this. With those bottles you can make a unique feed silo for your pets or to feed wild animals.

To recycle the plastic bottles, cut them into the shape you see in the photo above. Then glue them together and fill them with food.

3. A piggy bank

In this project we will make a cute little piggy bank in the shape of a pig. This will help encourage the little ones in the house to recycle plastic bottles too.

You can use EVA rubber, paint and other similar materials to make this.

4. Wallet for your coins

This is a really fun craft project. We are going to use the bottom of the plastic bottles again because it has the shape of a flower.

Join the bottoms of two plastic bottles. Do this using a zipper. That way you make a special wallet for your coins.

Carefully cut the plastic flowers from the bottles. Apply the zipper with a needle and thread or with fine glue.
If you wish, you can paint it with your favorite colors or decorate it with ribbons.

5. Planter

A maximum of creativity! That’s all you need to recycle plastic bottles into fun pots for your plants at home.

Cut the bottles to your preferred shape and size. Then paint them with your favorite colors and designs.
However, don’t forget to make small holes in the bottom part for the water to seep through.

6. Basket

They’re not really baskets. But large plastic jars or bottles are perfect for making different sized bins and using them for all kinds of purposes.

Cut off the top part of the bottle. Then cover the edges with a fabric band.
Make four small holes in the sides and tie ribbons or ropes through the holes to create a handle.

7. Pencil Holder

Pencil holders are handy and never go out of style. They are the ideal tool to better organize your desk or office.

Cut off the tops of the plastic bottles. Then decorate these jars with your favorite colors and designs. You can now use this holder to store pens, pencils and other office supplies.

8. Newspaper tray

You can use larger bottles (such as those used for household cleaning products, for example) for other things. Among other things, they can easily be transformed into a newspaper tray.

Cut off the spout and one of the sides of the bottle.
Now you can store your books and magazines in it.

9. Toothbrush Holder

You can use the necks of bottles of sparkling water and soft drinks to make a handy holder for your toothbrushes.

Take a plastic bottle with a bottom in the shape of a flower. Cut off the bottom. Then merge it with the top of another bottle.
Then make several holes in the bottle and insert other bottle necks so that you can store even more toothbrushes.

10. Multi-Use Organizers

There are dozens of ways to recycle plastic bottles into personalized organizers. In this case we make a suggestion: make containers for your sewing equipment or for your jewellery.

Cut the bottles to your preferred shape and size. Then finish the edges with tape or fabric.

11. A vertical garden

Don’t have enough space to create a botanical garden? Then get creative with an unused wall.

How? That’s very simple!

Attach several plastic bottles to the wall horizontally (shown in the photo above how to do this). Use the bottles for small plants.

12. Bird Feeder

With these bottles you can make the perfect bird feeder to install in your garden. Instead of damaging the environment with plastic waste, you will attract many beautiful birds to your garden with this feeder.

Make several holes in the bottle and insert wooden spoons or rods.
Now fill it with bird food and hang it in your garden.

Ready to recycle some plastic bottles? These simple ideas for recycling go a long way towards improving the environment. However, don’t forget that choosing products with reusable packaging is the best way to reduce your carbon footprint.